Springfield 1636-1886, History of Town and City, by Mason A. Green ...

SPRINGFIELD, 1636-1886. 95
ill y'' Towns hand till an opportunity ap[)eavs for p'cnringe glass or till
y'^ howse be finished."
The town-meeting usually specitled the kind of property to be
taxed. Tluis the wolf bounty was raised from a tax upon '' all sorts
of cattell," which included horses. The tax for Mr. Moxon's main-
tenance, in 1G47, had been raised upon " all lands and goods." Coop-
er's meeting-house debt was met by a tax upon "• uplands (meddows
excepted) and living stock." A special committee made out the val-
uation and assessment. Wheat was accepted for taxes at on. lOd.
per bushel. Indian corn at 2s. GcZ. and peas at 3cL per bushel.
The tax for the £30 due ]Mr. Pynchon '' for y'' i)urchas of
y" land of y*" Plantation of ye Indians " was rated "wholly on
lands." The latter list is here given in full as it furnishes the names
and lauded importance of the settlers at the opening of the year 1647.
There were then forty-two lot-owners and six vacant lots, some of
them having been bought back by the town. We miss the names
of Jehu Burr, John Cable, John Woodcock, and others of the first
settlers. These men drifted to the Connecticut plantations, and were
frequent parties iu lawsuits for some ^^ears thereafter. The list is
as follows —
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